Well SCY Nat are almost here and Ive been training hard. the last 3 months I've been in the pool 3 days a week at 3500 yards, and on my "off" days from swimming I've been lifting weights, running 3 miles @ 8min a mile, and when Im done with that I do a warm-up, sprints, and a cool down. I'm feeling a little broken down and cant sprint to save my life, but my conditioning is really good. and I think there is a flaw with my kick. I swam the first leg of the 200yd free relay and went 25.1......2 hours later I swam the 50 free, but I only went out at about 80% and really didnt kick, ended up going 25.2. and i felt that I could have held that pace forever...just cant accelerate? Now I was under 24.0 last year and I was not in this "good" of shape. 2 weeks before National I plan on dropping the weights and running. I need some opinions here....have I done it right?
I plan on swimming the 500 free, 100breast, 100free, 100im and the 50 free.
Should I drop the running now? I started running to trim down...with only 7 weeks left i'm trying to drop 5-8 lbs...and what kind of rest intervals should I be doing? right now our coach has us doing main sets like 10x100 on the 1:30 and I hold a 1:05 pace...should I change to 2:00 intervals and shoot for sub 1:00 pace...
I can do a 5:35 500 in practice...but like I said I have lost the ability to accelerate...more sprints??
and I also plan on using my speedo fastskin 2 leg suit...one last hurrah for the tech suit!!!
I plan on swimming the 500 free, 100breast, 100free, 100im and the 50 free.
Should I drop the running now? I started running to trim down...with only 7 weeks left i'm trying to drop 5-8 lbs...and what kind of rest intervals should I be doing? right now our coach has us doing main sets like 10x100 on the 1:30 and I hold a 1:05 pace...should I change to 2:00 intervals and shoot for sub 1:00 pace...
I can do a 5:35 500 in practice...but like I said I have lost the ability to accelerate...more sprints??
and I also plan on using my speedo fastskin 2 leg suit...one last hurrah for the tech suit!!!
